The Colombo Language Market

The Colombo Language Market examines the attitudes born by tuition teachers towards English language teaching as a profession. It focuses on the position of the English language and juxtaposes its global and local influences on the Sri Lankan tuition culture through the eyes of the tuition teachers. It examines the perception of tuition teachers towards their profession, the construction of the professional identity and image of the tuition teacher and also the relationship and impact they have on the larger student body. The book explores the rise and establishment of the tuition culture in Sri Lanka where it is reinforced to function as a parallel education system.